Trump: Republicans 'have no choice' but to vote for me

[TomCADem]

Source: The Hill

Donald Trump said Thursday that Republicans wary of his campaign have little choice but to vote for him anyway.

"If you really like Donald Trump, that's great, but if you don't, you have to vote for me anyway. You know why? Supreme Court judges, Supreme Court judges," Trump said at a rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

"Have no choice, sorry, sorry, sorry. You have no choice," Trump continued, calling the late Justice Antonin Scalia a "great guy" and acknowledging tied decisions at the Supreme Court after his death.

Trump said the next president "will probably have three, could be four, could even be five" appointments to make to the Supreme Court, alluding to the ages of senior justices.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/289716-trump-republicans-have-to-vote-for-me-because-of-supreme-court

[underpants]

1. That moment when being anti-choice hits you

[SirBrockington]

4. lol

[Kber]

6. Ha! Awesome!

[TwilightZone]

9. ha ha

Very nice.

[forgotmylogin]

11. Well I guess he's got them all against the wall.

Wonder whose fault that is?

[Siwsan]

2. What an arrogant, delusional jackhole

[SirBrockington]

3. I was looking for the link to the onion

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. They won't vote at all

Like with Goldwater.

[christx30]

19. Gonna be a definate

"Lesser of two evils" thing. Who do they hate more? Hillary or Trump? Who is more likely to appoint judges they'd like? Who is more likely to push agendas they like?
People on both sides of the aisle are doing some serious soul searching right now. That includes Bernie supporters

[groundloop]

21. Bernie supporters doing serious soul searching.... I think not

Not for THIS Bernie supporter anyway. I've lived through enough election cycles to understand that (in our predominantly 2 party system) we have Choice A and Choice B. It doesn't take much of a genius to quickly figure out which of our two choices are going to come closest to supporting our views, appointing the Supreme Court justices that will uphold the laws we need, and keep us in good standing with other nations around the world.

[Crash2Parties]

40. This Bernie supporter found the Democratic Party she thought she'd lost decades ago.

(ahem)

"Clinton/Kaine 2016!"

[strategery blunder]

44. With Hillary I can expect to get, at minimum, two-thirds of what I want to vote for.

There are areas that I disagree with Hillary, but this Bernie supporter ain't letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. (And if Hillary sticks to the current platform that both Hillary and Bernie supporters put together, instead of reverting to her positions circa ten years ago, I'll be in alignment with her 90%+ of the time.)

I'm more than capable of seeing that the only thing I can expect under Trump is for this country to rapidly disintegrate into a fascist hellhole.

Yes it took me a while to "get over it" but I suspect most Bernie supporters will come around, just like disappointed Hillary supporters came around to Obama in the 2008 general election.

[JoFerret]

48. If so - they are totally idiotic

If there actually are any undecided "Bernie supporters" thinking of not voting for Clinton then:

1. They are are not Democrats
2. They are not actually supporters of Bernie Sanders
3. They are either infantile narcissists or Trump people or both.

In any event they are not Democrats and should go find their their spiritual home elsewhere and leave the Democratic Party alone. The lesson I hope has been learned. Big tent is one thing but no more parasitical carpetbaggers.

And when Sanders runs again in Vermont I anticipate he will have a Democrat primary challenge who might be worth supporting.

[jmowreader]

41. Speaking of Goldwater...

I really expect Donald to start using Goldwater's campaign slogan, "in your heart, you know he's right" pretty soon.

Because in my guts, I know he's nuts.

[grubbs]

58. Lol

I meme'd it out for you and tweeted it to Donald
https://mobile.twitter.com/grubbytooth/status/759155078129418240/photo/1

[Flatpicker]

7. Donnie

Is a proponent of the Tarkin Doctrine.

[mucifer]

8. Is he on crack? I wonder sometimes

[MichiganVote]

12. He be cra-cra. (crazy)

[sarae]

15. I think he's losing his shit...

this might be the week that breaks him.

[onehandle]

10. Impotent sheep follow an impotent orange small-handed buffoon. nt

[mahina]

13. Nope.

Even my (beloved) winger uncle says he can't believe it's come to this but he's going to have to vote for Hillary.

He's got no choice.

[7962]

14. Sure they do. They stay home. They vote for Johnson. Whatever

Several options

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

16. He knows people really hate him! It's the bigots

that keep him afloat!

[TomCADem]

17. What is Amazing Is The Mocking and Open Disdain He Is Showing...

...towards his base. I really have not seen anything quite like it from anyone running for office.

[AwakeAtLast]

28. Battered spouse syndrome. n/t

[C Moon]

18. He (or "it") just keeps getting worse everyday.

[Third Doctor]

20. He's imploding already.

[roamer65]

22. They do have another choice...Gary Johnson.

Any Republican who cannot vote for Hillary needs to give Gary Johnson and Bill Weld a look.

[ericson00]

23. they should probably look at Hillary instead; it would send a much stronger message

to the Republican Party for the future (tho give HRC a mandate for now).

[roamer65]

27. Some will go to Hillary, however, some will not be able to do it.

For the latter, Johnson is a viable candidate. We need to encourage the anti-trump vote in anyway we can.

[ericson00]

29. no vote is a better one.

it would lower the vote denominator, and increase Hillary's percent of the vote (her mandate).

[roamer65]

30. Not voting is not participating in the duty we have to our republic.

You should always vote and vote your conscience.

"Don't boo...vote".

[JoFerret]

49. Poor strategy

Johnson is also nuts. If the Libertarian vote erodes Trump then fine but Johnson is not someone to mention with any positivity.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

37. Democratic Underground has a rule: We support Democrats; we support the Democratic Party

nominee for president. No third parties!

[jmowreader]

42. What we're supporting here is right-wing ticket-splitting

Everyone should absolutely vote for Hillary. But there are a number of people who can't do it; if we can convince a third of all right-wing voters to cast their lot with Gary Johnson, it totally screws Trump.

[roamer65]

43. Yes. Exactly. Thank you.

...and it just may kill off the Rethug party in the process. That party needs to die.

[JoFerret]

50. Time for all to take that to heart. We now have a GREAT nominee who ...

... will continue to have an uphill struggle with dead-enders. And of course the misogyny. She has overcome so much already but still the misogyny runs deep and "progressive" white men are very prone to it!

Let's carry her forward as our champion. She deserves it. And she will do us proud.

She will choose great Supreme Court justices.
She will overturn Citizens United
She will preserve reproductive rights
She will protect the environment
She will reign in the terrorism of the NRA and the madness of open carry

I could go on....but I won't!

[calimary]

24. Well, it figures! They're against choice, so why wouldn't this be true, too?

[ffr]

25. Maybe for "party first" republicans, but not many others

I see his support crumbling. Republicans may still vote in the election, but they may just not vote for a presidential candidate. They've watched to much and listened to too much RW radio to think otherwise, but the truth is they probably are indifferent to the likes of their unqualified candidate.

[SummerSnow]

26. This isn't Nazi Germany fool.

[Aristus]

31. Five Supreme Court Justices to nominate.

Out of the 35 on the bench.

As specified in Article XII of the Constitution.

[Ellen Forradalom]

32. That sounds like a dare.

I bet a lot of Republicans are thinking, "Try me."

[Spitfire of ATJ]

33. Deep down Republicans WANT 4-8 years of fundraising based on Clinton hate.

[relayerbob]

35. It has served them so well for 8 years under Obama! :-)

[relayerbob]

34. Johnson is going to have a lot of votes

[HockeyMom]

46. Daughter's MIL said that

Life long Republican. She does not like his attitude towards women, and is very religious and doesn't like all his marriages.

[backscatter712]

36. Um... Actually, they do have a choice.

Trump's so unhinged that a lot of Republicans actually will vote for Hillary.

[TeamPooka]

38. Ve have vays uff making you vote. says Herr Trump.

[olddad56]

39. a lot of them DO have to vote from Trump...

Especially the white, non college graduates who get their news from Faux news. They are totally brainwashed and don't have the capacity to vote for anyone other than who they are told to vote for. They have drinken the purple cool aid.

[Judi Lynn]

45. I believe you're right: they ARE that stupid & they're hateful. They don't want any Dem to win. n/t

[lonestarnot]

47. He's anti-American alright.

[Nitram]

51. Good move, Trumpy, dare them not to vote for you.

Tell them they "have to" vote for you. I'm sure they will love that suggestion. This approach will depress the GOP turnout.

[Native]

52. "So basically Trump's plan is just to date-rape the entire Republican Party."

From the article's comment section:

jmorris Dan Lee Uhl
10 hours ago
So basically Trump's plan is just to date-rape the entire Republican Party.

[NaturalHigh]

53. BS. A lot of Republicans are going to vote for Gary Johnson.

[judesedit]

54. Let's see what the sheeple do.

[TryLogic]

55. My advice for Democrats: Label Trump as the Loose Cannon

Trump will continue to characterize Hillary as Crooked Hillary. Crooked Hillary versus the Bully or the Mean Guy is unlikely to be successful for Hillary. But, in my opinion, Crooked Hillary versus the Loose Cannon tilts the contest toward Hillary. Crooked can be debated, but every time Trump opens his mouth, most of his history, everything validates the label of Loose Cannon. And, a Loose Cannon is someone who is scary and dangerous.

[lark]

56. No, the hell they don't.

I have a good friend who's also a Repug, but she's not a knuckle dragger, she's old school. She never voted for criminal Scott nor will she vote for Drumpf. She recognizes that he's a major danger to our country and is sitting this one out. She's (unfortunately) too indoctrinated about Hillary to vote for her. I'm totally OK with her not voting for president, lol.

[ReRe]

57. Donald is delusional.

Period.